Even before joining Hindustan Lever, he was giving stage performances. He started to perform stand-up comedy in musical shows (orchestras), Tabassum Hit Parade and after earning fame, joined the group of Kalyanji-Anandji, a music direction duo. When he later joined the film industry, he decided to use Johnny Lever as his screen name. ĭuring a Hindustan Unilever company function, he mimicked a few senior officers, and from that day on, the workers said he is Johnny Lever. He also spent his early years in Yakutpura, an old city of Hyderabad, where he learnt the unique style of comedy acting. He decided to leave school and started working odd jobs, such as selling pens on the streets of Mumbai by mimicking some famous Bollywood stars of that time and dancing to the songs of Bollywood stars. Lever studied in Andhra education society English high school till the seventh grade but couldn't study further because of financial problems in his family. He is the eldest in the family consisting of three sisters and two brothers (including his younger brother Jimmy Moses). His mother tongue is Telugu and is fluent in Hindi, Marathi, English and Tulu. Lever was brought up in King's Circle area of Dharavi in Mumbai. His father worked as an operator in Hindustan Unilever plant where he also worked as a labourer for six years. Lever was born on 14 August 1957 in a Telugu Christian family in Prakasam, Andhra Pradesh. He began his career in 1984, and has acted in more than three hundred Bollywood films. He is also famous for Judaai for the dialogue Abba Dabba Jabba.
He has received thirteen Filmfare Awards nominations in Filmfare Award for Best Performance in a Comic Role, and has won the award twice, for his work in Deewana Mastana (1997) and Dulhe Raja (1998).
He is one of the first stand-up comedians in India. Johnny Lever (born John Prakash Rao Janumala 14 August 1957) is an Indian actor and comedian who is known for his works in Hindi cinema.
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